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                         CLIMBING UP MANUAL

                  Alternative realities Production
                       Huckstepp Software 1996

Story

Climbing Up follows directly on from its predecessor, Falling Down.

After over-throwing the evil witch the furries began to rebuild
their shattered community, many months passed and there was no signs
of the work being finished. One and a half years later they finally
saw the light at the end of the tunnel and began to grow in
confidence, sadly this was not destined to last.

In the month of February (Earth Standard) an dark wizard approached
the camp, he eyes were as red as blood and his hear as dark as
night, he wore a deep red cloak which beared the markings of the
pentagram, it was quite clear that he was bad news, sadly due to the
furries kind nature they allowed him access to their camp and one by
one unknown by the community the furries began to disappear until
there were but a handful left.

The furries realized what had happened and for the first time
noticed a large castle in the distance, this must be where he had
taken them.

The remaining furries had to rescue their friends and so they went
to their leader and told him of their plans and he furnished them
with a crude map and told them that the path was full of deadly
traps, however, the furries were still determined to retrieve their
friends, and so they packed some lunch and began their journey to
the wizards castle.

                          **** Loading ****

After the game has loaded the main menu is displayed, this is were
you can modify the type of game you wish to play, here is a break
down of the various options.

F1 - ONE PLAYER         Pressing the F1 key will rotate through the
                        number of players from 1 to 4

F2 - ENTER CODE         The enter code option allows the user to
                        restart a one player game from his previous
                        position

F2 - BEST OF 3          In multi player mode the F2 key allows you
                        to alter the number of bouts to be played
                        this can be 1,3,5 or 9

F3 - OPTIONS            This function takes you to the options
                        screen (see OPTIONS for more info)

SPC - START GAME        The Space Bar will start what ever type of
                        game you have selected

                          **** Options ****

The option screen enables the user to alter various aspects of how
the game plays

FURMATIONS              With the furmations on the furries will come
                        alive, with this option off the furries
                        remain still at all times

ANIMATION SPEED         In order to get the best out of your machine
                        the option to alter the anim speeds has been
                        included, this way if you have a very fast
                        amiga you can slow the furries movements
                        down so that you can see whats happening.
                        NOTE : When the game loads the game is
                        configured: ECS - Speed 1 , AGA - Speed 3

DIFFICULTY LEVEL        Allows the game to be adjusted to your
                        playing level although I strongly suggest
                        leaving it on at least NORMAL

                      *** One Player Game ****

The idea of the one player game is to either kill all the green
furries or to trap the furries so that once the game area is full
there are more red furries than there are green

Once a one player game is started the map screen shows the
progression of your game, in total their are 4 areas of play: The
Bridge (across a lake), The Forest, The River and The Castle

Before play commences on each level you are given a code, this can
be used to return to that level later if necessary

Once the play field is on screen a red armed cursor is shown, this
can be moved by the mouse.

Player one controls red, at each go the player has two options, to
morph or to transport.

Morphing means to create a new furry on a square adjacent to an
existing furry of the same colour ie RED

Transporting means to move an existing furry from one square to
another, this option is limited by a set number of times determined
by the skill level the game is playing on. The mouse cursor will
reflect this once only 5 or less transporters are available.

To Use a furry:
        Move the mouse pointer over the required furry and click the
left mouse button, the furry will then acknowledge the selection and
you can now chose to morph or transport this furry, if you wish to
use a different furry then click the right mouse button.
        By moving the mouse pointer to an adjacent square the mouse
pointer will change to the morph icon, if you click in a square with
this icon showing a new furry will be generated in that square, if
you move the mouse to a square that is 2 squares away the mouse
pointer will change to the transport icon and clicking the mouse
button will move your chosen furry to its new location.

If at anytime your furries are completely stranded then you must
commit suicide by pressing the ESC key, the level will then be
restarted.

                     *** Multi Player Game ****

If more than one player is set one the main menu screen then the
game is turned into a competion and each player is against each
other, the game is played exactly the same as one player except that
the game is played on randomly generately, the idea is that each
player must fight against each other until a certain number of
matches are achieved ie 1,3,5 or 9 (as set on the main menu)

                      *** In Game Controls ***

Shift And Q             Quit Game
ESCape                  Commit Suicide - one player
                        Retire from round - Multi player
LMB                     Select and use function
RMB                     Un-select furry